SCRANTON, Pa. — The company that owns the San Antonio Current said Monday that it seeks to sell the alternative weekly, along with four other weeklies and nine daily newspapers it owns.

Times-Shamrock Communications said it will offer the publications for sale because they're outside of its core market in northeastern Pennsylvania.

George Lynett Jr., chief executive of the Scranton, Pa.-based media company, said the papers have been “strong, profitable investments.” But he said Times-Shamrock is looking to focus on its properties closer to home.

San Antonio Current Editor Callie Enlow declined to comment Monday, referring queries to Publisher Michael Wagner, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Current is distributed for free each Wednesday at 1,000 locations in the city, according to its website. Its writers and critics cover politics, the arts and music, food and drink, and pop culture.

The Current has an average weekly readership of 144,059 readers — 23.1 percent of whom have an annual income of $75,000 or more, while 29.1 percent have incomes ranging from $50,000 to $74,000, according to a media kit on its website.

More than half of its readers are 25 to 44 years old, and 56 percent are college graduates or have attended college.

Times-Shamrock is the newsweekly's third owner.

In addition to the San Antonio Current, the alternative weeklies for sale include the Baltimore City Paper, Orlando (Fla.) Weekly, Cleveland Scene and Detroit Metro Times.